1 Peter 3:8-12 NIV Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For, “Whoever would love life    and see good daysmust keep their tongue from evil    and their lips from deceitful speech.  They must turn from evil and do good;    they must seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous    and his ears are attentive to their prayer,but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

“In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him and nothing was created except through him.” John 1:1-3Here is where creation began. He created the heavens and the earth where the Holy Spirit hovered over the waters.On the fifth day of creation the first reproductive creatures were given life. The waters swarmed with creation. The air was filled with birds and the ocean saw the biggest creatures in existence. On that day he created the biggest and smallest creatures. The...

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 This painting is called “Switch”. I had painted it after hearing the story of a band called “Switchfoot” that went to my old church in Poway, California. The band came up with the name because of the switch we make when we follow Christ and how He does the work of making us a new creation. They were surfers and the term “Switchfoot” is a surfing term meaning you switch your footing to gain a new perspective. When...

This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it.Isaiah 30:15

His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For is you possess thsse qualities...